What are the responsibilities and job description for the TEST Engineer 1/2 position at Sierra Lobo, Inc.?
Sierra Lobo, offers customers a full range of professional and technical capabilities, including Test and Evaluation, Systems Engineering, and Advanced Technologies. We also develop products and processes related to Cryogenic Fluid and Thermal Management Systems, Densified Propellant Management Systems, and Prototype Extreme Pressure and Temperature Systems. Our customers include the Department of Defense (DoD), the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy, U.S. Army, Missile Defense Agency (MDA), and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
This is a full-time position supporting the Hazardous Test Engineering Branch in the WSTF Materials & Components Laboratories Office.
EOE/Minority/Female/Disabled/Veteran
This position involves working within a team will provide engineering support to the Composite Pressure Vessel Group in the following areas
Preferential consideration may be given for professional experience and/or advanced degrees.
The following skills are highly desired for this position
This is a full-time position supporting the Hazardous Test Engineering Branch in the WSTF Materials & Components Laboratories Office.
EOE/Minority/Female/Disabled/Veteran
This position involves working within a team will provide engineering support to the Composite Pressure Vessel Group in the following areas
- Generating work authorizing documents and ensuring conformance to customer requirements.
- Coordination of daily/weekly test workload
- Directing technician workforce in the safe execution of build-up and testing.
- Interfacing with multiple customers throughout the test process.
- Interfacing with the WSTF machine shop to effectively coordinate the fabrication of components.
- impact, cycle/burst, compatibility, and sustained load stress rupture testing of composite pressure vessels
- design of hydraulic and pneumatic test systems
- application and interpretation of various non-destructive evaluation and test methods
- Leading pre-test meetings with the test team and participating in group collaborations.
- Providing safety oversight and training for technicians and engineers.
- Making recommendations to improve process efficiencies based on analysis of data and trends.
- Performing routine engineering tasks as required to ensure the continued operation of the laboratory and support equipment.
- This position may involve cross-training and utilization in other areas within the WSTF Materials & Components Laboratories Office.
Preferential consideration may be given for professional experience and/or advanced degrees.
The following skills are highly desired for this position
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Focus on operational safety, process improvement and customer satisfaction
- Solid modeling, 2D/3D CAD, finite element analysis, computational fluid dynamics
- Pneumatic, hydraulic and vacuum system design and operation
- Machining knowledge
- Pyrotechnics, internal and external ballistics
- Experimental design and statistical analysis
- Instrumentation, data acquisition and remote hazardous test control
- Technical writing
- Leadership experience
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